My Room

Well, I have successfully moved and now just need to finish unpacking.  I am currently on my bed, looking over my floor at the mound of boxes that are half full with random things that either need to go in the trash or need to be given away. 

It is amazing to me howmuch stuff we collect.  I have a whole box full of papers that I thought that I would use, or that I must save because I will eventually use them.  I found papers from 2008 that I have never used, and are just collecting dust.  I am planning a bon fire over Easter my goal is to have everything on the pile that I don't use.  We will see if that goal gets accomplished!

New Place!!!

Finally, I am officially finished moving.  Well at least I have all of my stuff in one place:)

II look over my bedroom floor and see boxes apon boses piled up, I have made just enough room to get to the door.  I am so tired.  I hate moving.  It takes so much energy to pack everything up and then clean everything.  It is always amazing how much stuff I have.  even thought it seems that I am always taking things to St. Vinnies.  It just doesn't make sense.  I am very thankful that I am now established in a house and not an apartment.

I am looking forward to unpacking and getting rid of more things, hopefully there will be some things that I can throw on the bonfire that we are going to have for Easter!!!

Virusus and Moving

Well, today is the first day since saturday since I have been able to look at my comppurter screen.  For some reason while doing assignments, my compurter decided to get multiple virsusus and freeze which caused me to take it to a compurter doctor that had to wipe my hard drive clean.  Let me tell you this was not fun, but I learned a valuable lesson.  ALWASYS put all your information on an external hard drive!  I had most of mine on an external so it wasn't so bad, but I did loose some assignments, and pictures, plus all of my music.  Very lame.  I am now trying to get caught up but it seems like it is the never ending hole, that I can't get out of.  Plus to top it off I am in the process of moving.

I have to be out of my place by tomorrow by 5 or else I pay all of Aprils rent.  I have about half of the aprtment cleaned, with boxes litered all over with odds and ends here and there.  My roommeate left in January, and I never looked in his room to see if it was truely cleaned.  Well this morning I leanred an other lesson.  Don't trust a room mate that leaves in the middle of a lease,  what a slob.

Out  of all this I am trying to take away all the things that could be positives.  I could still be computerless.  I could not have a place to stay and be sleeping in my car (which was my plan!  it sounds like an adventure! )  I could be working today and tomorrow, which thankfully I'm not so I am able to do what needs to be done.  And the list goes on  and on.

I pray that everybody else is doing well in their studies and what ever life has in store.  Just think,  only 5 more weeks left!!!!!  Then summer, well kinda...

Group Projects

Well some of you know and have experienced the adventures of doing group projects online.  For those of you that don't let me tell you that it is one of the most asinine things ever.  Doing group projects in a regular classroom setting is bad enough because you always have the students that won't do their share, and the students that are overachievers, and then there are the middle ground guys, (that's me) that will do their work on time but doesn't want to do the extra work from the slackers while mentally hitting them in the knee cap. 

Now, take that and put it to a class of online students who are also burnt out, and working full time.  Pretty picture huh!  We are making a test, that is also a worthless test, in a group, on line.  For some of the students (overachievers) it seems that they are just sitting there in front of their computer all day with nothing else to do.  Others, (middle guys) make the due dates and respond but only to what is truly needed.  Then last but not least is the students that haven't contributed anything but will affect everybody's overall grade. (I'm hitting them in the kneecap).  I have done my part for the day and am now here.

This assignment is not a good assignment, maybe if it was a real classroom, but not for this program.  I am so frustrated that I have to vent and I apologize. I know that I am being a whinny butt but that is all I can think about so that is what you get to read.  Hopefully I will be able to write about something better tomorrow.

Spring Break is Over

Well friends, Spring Break is officially over in 5 hours.  I didn't feel like I accomplished anything that I wanted to.  I was always going from one place to the next.  Completing assignments, and going to work.  I am so looking forward to the end of the school year when I have at least 2 weeks off from School.  That is going to be my real spring break!!!

I wish everybody good luck.

St. Patricks Day

What a day.  My best friend, Ana just left and now I am going to try and be a good student and get some work done. 
She came up from Moscow to help celebrate St. Patricks Day in style.  It was like a vacation, I haven't laughed so much in a long time.  I ended up cooking dinner at my place and then we went out to a small pub, Kelly's.  It was so great.  Small, non-smoking, and live music.  It was just what was needed.  We had a great time conversing with other patrons and telling stories like we have been going there for ever.  The night ended with us looking at youtube videos and crying because we were laughing so hard.
This morning we went to the Breakfast Nook, which serves huge meals at ridiculously low prices. Drove around in the sun and then ended having a 45 minute skype session with my little brother who is in Kuwait.  This also lead to more tears, due to laughter.
If anything, this was the spring break that everybody should have.  Even though it lasted for less then 24 hours it was exactly what I needed to get going again.

Topics!

I was inspired the other day by a fellow classmates post, just set the timer and write about objects in front of you so that is what I am going to do.

I am sitting in my living room at my parents house staring into the fire.  I love this fire place.  It stands in the middle of the room and divides the dining room and living room.  It is made out of slate that we collects when we were building the house.  On the dining room side there is a bench that you can sit on and get warm from the heat that goes through the slate.  I love this.  Especially in the winter when it is cold outside.   Also the beloved spot in front of the fireplace doors is a sacred spot to take naps.  During the holidays when everybody is home, it is common to find bodies spread out on the rug in front of the fire snoring. One of the many things I love about my family.

I look to my right and stare over the slew and have a beautiful view of Schweitzer.  It is a clear day with the sun shining on what looks like from here groomed runs.  there is a dead cotton wood tree that is huge across the slew and we always make comments that dad should go and cut it down, but then there wouldn't be a place for the hawks and bald eagles to perch. 

The slew is home to many wildlife creatures.  Moose, Deer, Bald Eagles, Hawks, Blue Herons, Beaver, and some times coyotes.  As kids my siblings and I would swim in the slew and pretend that we were pirates on this raft that we built out of old barrels and some sort of red carpeted board.  That was such a great summer.

There are childrens' books sitting on the rocking chair.  My nieces were out visiting Grandpa Fred and they love to show him how their reading is improving and what they know.  Dr. Seuss, Golden Books, and Shel Silverstein are among the few that are out.

I just love being home.  The memories that I have and the memories that I still am making are so precious.  Nothing like it.